Have to win the B12 Tourney. No way in except with the auto-bid

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Federal Marshal

What will it take? We can't get better than a 7 seed and can't be worse than a 9. So we will either play KU, TT, or WVU in the first second round. Second Third round will likely be either TT or WVU. That means other than round 1, we will likely only play top tier teams going forward.

Moderator

What will it take? We can't get better than a 7 seed and can't be worse than a 9. So we will either play KU, TT, or WVU in the first round. Second round will likely be either TT or WVU. That means other than round 1, we will likely only play top tier teams going forward.

Yeah, we really need to get the 7th seed so we don't play KU in the second round. Even with a KU win, it is possible for us to not get the 7th seed (Baylor loss and OU/UT win). If that were to happen we would possibly have to beat KU 3 times. Hard to see that happening.

Cowboy

Our RPI is so low that we would be the lowest-ranked team (by that measure) to make the tournament, by some distance. Had we won any two of KSU home/away, Baylor home, and Texas away, we'd be fine.

As it stands I really think it takes beating KU at least once. The first-round game in KC is a must-win, in the sense that it would be a pretty bad loss otherwise. Then I think we need at least one more quality win, depending on results elsewhere.

I wouldn't feel hopeful in a bid unless we're playing next Friday. Not confident unless we're playing on Saturday. I think it takes four wins to get in, because we can't rely on help. Which means a run to the tournament finals and one more win on a Saturday.

Yeah, we really need to get the 7th seed so we don't play KU in the second round. Even with a KU win, it is possible for us to not get the 7th seed (Baylor loss and OU/UT win). If that were to happen we would possibly have to beat KU 3 times. Hard to see that happening.

Deputy

If we lose to Kansas tomorrow, the only way we're getting the in the NCAA tournament is by winning the conference tournament. There's no way the selection committee would take a team with a conference record of 7-11 and an RPI in the 90's.

Even in we beat Kansas, our RPI will be a lot to overcome. We'll likely need to have some success in the Big 12 tournament. We would probably have to win a couple of games.

What we really need is a time machine to go back and change the non-conference schedule. We played several terrible teams that have less than 10 wins on the season. That RPI albatross around our neck is going to be hard to overcome. It's doable though. GO POKES!